Waste regulation: update, consolidation and vision at the launch of the new ARERA board

2026 will be the year of the completion and consolidation of regulation in the waste sector. In addition to the planned update of the tariff method (MTR-3) and the regulation of technical quality, the Authority will also regulate unbundling and user fees. In this renewed context, the discipline on calls for tenders will also be completed. For the first time, therefore, the regulatory discipline will be applied in its entirety, over the entire span of the waste management process: from the drafting of calls for tender to the formulation of fees; generating the conditions of consistency necessary for the regulation to be effective. 
The conference aims to promote a constructive dialogue between the various stakeholders in the sector to observe the process of transposition of the regulatory novelties, adopting an overall view that includes both the point of view of the operators in the sector and that of the institutions, starting from the new ARERA board.

Session Chair

Annamaria Barrile, Managing Director Utilitalia

Program

Introduction and coordination by the Session Chair 

Assessments on the waste regulation in light of the latest measures
Francesca Mazzarella, Director of Regulatory Affairs Utilitalia
Ferdinando Di Mezza - Vice President Assoambiente
Gianfranco Grandaliano, Cisambiente
Francesco Iacotucci, IFEL Foundation consultant for regulation on waste (TBC)
Vito Belladonna, Coordinator of technical committee for municipal waste integrated cycle, ANEA (National Association of Area Government Bodies for Water and Waste) (TBC)
Vittoria Tesei, Competition Department II, Transport, Energy and Environment Directorate, AGCM (TBC)

Round table. The operators' point of view 
Moderator:
Bruno Manzi, coordinator of Environment Board of Utilitalia

Speakers:
Walter Giacetti, Managing Director A&T2000
Paolo Carta, Director of Regulatory and Legal Affairs Alia S.p.A
Francesco Carlini, Regulatory Affairs Manager A2A (TBC)
Alessandro Cecchi, Director of Regulatory Affairs Iren SpA (TBC)
Filippo De Simoi, Head of Regulation and Tari System, Hera S.p.A. (TBC)

Conclusions
Lorenzo Bardelli, Director of Environment Division of Italian Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and Environmen (TBC)